# C_2016208EN.01069601.xml

| 10.6.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 208/696 |
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10.6.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 208/696

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P7_TA(2013)0451

General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 October 2013 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020: ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ (COM(2012)0710 — C7-0392/2012 — 2012/0337(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2016/C 208/29)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0710), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0710),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0392/2012), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0392/2012),

| — | having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 March 2013 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 March 2013 (1),

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| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2), |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 26 June 2013 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 26 June 2013 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0166/2013), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0166/2013),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text; |
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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

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(1)  OJ C 161, 6.6.2013, p. 77.

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(2)  OJ C 218, 30.7.2013, p. 53.

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P7_TC1-COD(2012)0337

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 24 October 2013 with a view to the adoption of Decision No .../2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision No 1386/2013/EU.)

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